Where does Vik Chadha work?

Vik Chadha is Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures.

Where did Vik Chadha go to school?

Vik Chadha studied at Virginia Tech College of Engineering (MS, Electrical Engineering (major in Computer Engineering)); Manipal Institute of Technology (B.E., Electronics and Communications Engineering); St. Xavier's College (HSC, Science).

Vik Chadha

Investor

Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures · Board Member at Venture First

Prospect, Kentucky, United States

Find your path to Vik

608 people in our graph share verified history with Vik — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex ChachavaunlockedVik: together at YPO (2023–2024)

×4Vik: together at Manipal Institute of Technology

×4Vik: together at YPO

Vik: together at GE Consumer and Industrial Systems

About

Founder and CEO of Scalable Ventures and co-founder of GlowTouch Technologies and Backupify; serves as an Investment Advisory Partner.

Experience

Scalable VenturesFounder and CEOcurrent2010 — presentLouisville, Kentucky Area
UnifyCXCo-Foundercurrent2006 — presentLouisville, Kentucky Area
RevoyantCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
MagntCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2012 — present
Venture FirstBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
Unbridled VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2021 — present
Poplar VenturesInvestment Advisory Partnercurrent2019 — presentLouisville, Kentucky, United States
The Startup ProjectOwnercurrent2011 — presentLouisville, KY
YPOBoard Member2023 — 2024Bluegrass Gold Chapter
Untitled FirmBoard Member2022 — 2023Louisville Metropolitan Area
University of LouisvilleExecutive Vice President of Business Ventures2011 — 2016Louisville, Kentucky Area
BackupifyCo-Founder2009 — 2014Greater Boston Area
Greater Louisville Inc.Managing Director2001 — 2010Louisville, Kentucky
bCatalyst (acquired by Hilliard Lyons)Entrepreneur-in-Residence2001Louisville, Kentucky
GE Consumer and Industrial SystemsConsultant (Sr. Systems Analyst)1995 — 2000Louisville, Kentucky
Electronet Information SystemsGraduate Co-op (Software Engineer)1992 — 1993Virginia

Skills & more

SaaS74Enterprise Software32Software as a Service (SaaS)5Entrepreneurship99Start-ups99Business Strategy77Venture Capital48Cloud Computing44New Business Development32Online Marketing24Business Development25Software Development16

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Social Media MarketingMarketing StrategyE-commerceConsultingB2BAnalyticsMarketingBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Strategic PartnershipsGo-to-market StrategyBusinessStrategy

From Vik's professional profile.

Colleagues at Poplar Ventures

Chris Joseph

Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures

Chris Schremser

Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures

Doug Smith

Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures

Greg Langdon

Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures

Jim Lacy

Investor at EPIC VENTURES

John H. Willmoth

Founder and Managing Partner at Poplar Ventures

Michael Davis

Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vik Chadha?: Founder and CEO of Scalable Ventures and co-founder of GlowTouch Technologies and Backupify; serves as an Investment Advisory Partner.
Where does Vik Chadha work?: Vik Chadha is Investment Advisory Partner at Poplar Ventures.
Where did Vik Chadha go to school?: Vik Chadha studied at Virginia Tech College of Engineering (MS, Electrical Engineering (major in Computer Engineering)); Manipal Institute of Technology (B.E., Electronics and Communications Engineering); St. Xavier's College (HSC, Science).

Founder mafias

Manipal Institute of Technology mafia24

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Shourya LalaBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Third Chair +1 Arushi GandhiBachelor of Technology - BTechFounded Bugbase +1 RK AnandBachelor's DegreeFounded Recogni +1 Arjun BasuBachelor's degreeFounded mydala Josée OuelletBachelor of TechnologyFounded iVoy Kunal TanejaBsc (IT)Founded Baraka

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St. Xavier's College mafia20

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Vicky BindraFinance and AccountingFounded Pine Labs +1 Sunil ThomasFounded CleverTap +1 Anuj KackerBScFounded MoneyTap +1 Vidhi KumarBachelor of Mass Media (BMM)Founded Cardboard +1 Manpreet RatiaBachelorsFounded Flipkart Deepak HathiramaniB.S.Founded Vistronix Intelligence & Technology Solutions

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Virginia Tech College of Engineering mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Bailey SpellBachelor's degreeFounded LedgerUp Eli Bullock-PapaBachelor of Science - BSFounded Pax Historia Boomer MuthB.S.Founded Koalafi Hussain AlaidarousBachelor of Science - BSFounded Juleb

Venture First mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Steven PlappertAssociate - CFO Services, Business DevelopmentFounded Forecastr +1 Logan BurchettFinancial AnalystFounded Forecastr +1

Poplar Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Chris JosephInvestment Advisory PartnerFounded Mercatus

Same school

Also attended Virginia Tech College of Engineering5

Russ WakelinOperating Advisor at JMI Equity Bailey SpellFounder at LedgerUp Eli Bullock-PapaFounder at Pax Historia Boomer MuthFounder at Koalafi Hussain AlaidarousFounder at Juleb

Also attended Manipal Institute of Technology43

Sumant MandalCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital Partners Mark FernandesManaging Partner at Sierra Ventures Kendall BardenFund Accountant at Sierra Ventures Nishant BankaAssociate at Moneta Ventures Tanishk ShivelyMarketing Manager, Storytelling, Branding & VC Partnerships at Eximius Ventures Subhash BediAdvisor at Rising Capital

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Also attended St. Xavier's College59

Mark FernandesManaging Partner at Sierra Ventures Kendall BardenFund Accountant at Sierra Ventures Siddharth GuptaVP - Finance at Fireside Ventures Advisory Llp Paula MariwalaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital Ventures Manpreet RatiaManaging Partner, Portfolio Success at Jungle Ventures Rahul AgarwallaFounding and Managing Partner at SenseAI Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at YPO416

Alex ChachavaInvestor at Leta Capital Raoul Oscar FianoInvestor at DN Capital Rouven DresselhausInvestor at Cavalry Ventures Robert CoppedgeChief Executive Officer at Echo Health Ventures Dan MalvenVenture Partner at Alpha Partners Tien WongTech investor, entrepreneur, and CEO; Chairman & CEO of Opus8

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Also worked at Backupify7

Simeon SimeonovAdvisor at One Way Ventures Rob MayGeneral Partner at Half Court Ventures Vishal SunakInvestor at Impellent Ventures Steve WietreckiManaging Partner at Perkins Cove Partners Alex ChrissAngel investor Chris CombsDirector at LinkSquares

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Also worked at bCatalyst (acquired by Hilliard Lyons)3

Huaming GuOperating Partner at Baird Capital Michael DiehlAssociate at Lovell Minnick James R. AllenVice Chair, CFA at Baird

Also worked at GE Consumer and Industrial Systems373

Alex ConstantinopleChief Marketing Officer at Greycroft Saket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation Capital Matthew StoneCOO at FJ Labs Leo FonsecaSr. Principal at Graphene Ventures Al GhousInvestor at Notable Capital Raghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund

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